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HEDLINE: 51Talk raises $55 million Series C led by Sequoia Capital
Chinese online English school 51Talk has raised a $55 million Series C led by Sequoia Capital with participation of existing investors Shunwei Capital and DCM. The round brings the total funding raised...
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Registration open for upcoming Skype Translator Feature
Skype is now accepting applications for previews of its upcoming Translator feature. Demoed at re/code’s Code conference in May, Skype Translator lets people communicate via VoIP even if they speak...
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Success starts at home: Online Language Learning in Europe
As cross-dressing sensation Conchita Wurst belted out her Eurovision Song Contest-winning tune across a room filled with Europe’s hottest tech start-ups, I knew it could only mean one thing: the...
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How Skype Translator will Revolutionize Language Teaching
This week Skype opened up registrations for its upcoming Skype Translator feature which translates speech in real time and displays the translation as captions on the video call. Skype itself markets...
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UNESCO launches World Library of Science – Free Online Science Education...
UNESCO officially launched a free online science education resource portal in partnership with Nature Education and Roche. The project is called World Library of Science (WLoS) and aims to provide...
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HEDLINE: Course Hero raises $15 million Series A
Class notes and peer learning community Course Hero has raised a $15 million Series A led by GSV Capital Corp. and IDG Capital, with participation of existing investors SV Angel and Maveron. GSV...
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HEDLINE: Pluralsight acquires Skill Test Platform Smarterer for $75 million
Pluralsight, an online training platform for professionals in the tech sector, has acquired skill test platform Smarterer for $75 million. Smarterer raised $4.6 million in four rounds from various...
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LinkedIn launches Add-to-Profile for Certifications
One year after the launch of the Direct-to-Profile Certifications pilot LinkedIn announced the launch of Add-to-Profile for Certifications, opening the pilot to any professional education provider...
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New Approaches to Open Access from The Gates Foundation and Macmillan
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation published its new Open Access Policy last week which requires all recipients of grants from the foundation to make their published research accessible to the...
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Nature makes its Article Archives Free to View
Macmillan Science and Education announced today that from now on it will enable subscribers to journals on nature.com to share articles with colleagues not having a subscription. The same is true for...
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Is Yik Yak the next Facebook?
Early rumors of a $75 million round for the anonymous messaging app Yik Yak that were first reported by TechCrunch turned out to be a $62 million round led by Sequoia Capital. Though there is no...
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Barnes & Noble buys out Microsoft from Nook Partnership
In an effort to clear the way for an upcoming separation of its College bookstore and Nook business from its retail business, Barnes & Noble bought out Microsoft’s from their joint venture for $120...
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Digital Einstein gives Online Access to Thousands of Documents
When Albert Einstein died in 1955 he left the world a treasure trove of more than 80.000 documents, from postcards to notebooks and love letters. Over the past decades Princeton University and the...
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In the Slipstream of 2U’s Success Everspring raises another $10 million
Everspring, a Chicago-based edtech startup that helps universities to get their courses online, has raised a $10 million venture round from Park Loop and existing investors Carrick Capital Partners and...
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Skype Translator Preview features Connected Classrooms at Launch
Cross-published on Fair Languages. Skype today officially launched the Skype Translator Preview with a video showing how the technology can be used to connect classrooms across the globe. In the demo a...
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HEDLINE: Science Community Guokr raises $20 million Series C
TAL Education Group, a Chinese K-12 after-school tutoring provider, led a $20 million Series C round in the online science community Guokr. TAL Education led the round, investing $15 million, the...
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HEDLINE: NetDragon Online Education Subsidiary Raises $52.5 million Series A
NetDragon, a Chinese mobile and game developer, raised a $52.5 million Series A for its online education subsidiary Best Assistant Education, valuing it at $477.5 million. Investors include IDG Capital...
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Duolingo launches Duolingo for Schools
After announcing a more serious approach to language learning based on behavioural data last month, Duolingo launched its latest feature this week: Duolingo for Schools. Like the web based portal and...
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Cengage Learning partners with LearnLaunch
Cengage Learning announced a partnership with Boston-based edtech hub LearnLaunch which promotes education technology through events, an accelerator program and co-working space. As part of the...
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Indonesia plans to replace Textbooks with Tablets
Indonesia is expected to become the fourth largest market for mobile devices, surpassing 100 million active monthly users in 2018, according to a recent report by eMarketer. To better serve students in...
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